Jesus Heals Many
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 3 November 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
As Jesus ministered in Galilee, multitudes came to Him in search of healing, but few came seeking truth. From his sermon series in Mark, today R.C. Sproul reminds us that the gospel provides something incomparably better than relief from physical pain.
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Meet Today’s Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God’s Word. He was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.
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| 0:00.0 | As soon as Jesus speaks the word, the leprosy left him and he was cleansed. |
| 0:05.1 | Don't miss the significance of the power of the word of Jesus. |
| 0:10.5 | Just as he would raise Lazarus from the dead, the means by which he raises him is by his |
| 0:15.8 | word, by his command. |
| 0:18.4 | Lazarus come forth. |
| 0:20.4 | Just as God brought the world into existence by the sound of his voice, |
| 0:24.4 | by the divine imperative, so Christ exercises that same divine imperative on this disease. |
| 0:37.4 | We can struggle to imagine what it must have been like to live with leprosy in Jesus' day, |
| 0:43.2 | and then to dramatically be cleansed by Jesus. |
| 0:46.8 | But whatever that experience would have been like, it pales in comparison to the sinner, |
| 0:52.0 | you and me, being declared just before a holy God. |
| 0:56.5 | Hi, I'm Nathan W. Bingham, and welcome to the Sunday edition of Renewing Your Mind, |
| 1:01.5 | where each week we feature the preaching ministry of R.C. Sprawl. |
| 1:06.3 | We're spending several weeks in Mark's Gospel, looking at several moments in Jesus' healing ministry. |
| 1:12.6 | But before we turn to this account of the leper who was cleansed, I do want to remind you of two |
| 1:17.8 | things. Please subscribe and turn on notifications for the new Renewing Your Mind YouTube channel |
| 1:23.6 | so that messages like today's can reach more people. And also, if you'd like to study the |
| 1:29.8 | gospel of Mark, line by line, until midnight, you can request Dr. Sproll's hardcover expositional |
| 1:36.6 | commentary when you give a donation of any amount at renewingyourmind.org in support of taking |
| 1:43.3 | mind-renewing truth to the nations. |
| 1:46.4 | Well, here's Dr. Spraw in Mark, Chapter 1. |
| 1:51.5 | Mark tells us that immediately, after Jesus left the synagogue in Copernium, |
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